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grave_n we_o put_v off_o our_o filth_n deformity_n defect_n infirmity_n and_o mortality_n itself_o it_o be_v our_o attire_v house_n to_o fit_v we_o for_o immortality_n and_o glory_n 3_o it_o be_v not_o perpetual_a it_o be_v but_o a_o sleep_a till_o the_o general_a resurrection_n rom._n 8._o 10_o 11._o our_o conquest_n over_o death_n be_v inchoate_n in_o fieri_fw-la and_o partly_o fulfil_v in_o this_o life_n but_o it_o shall_v be_v consummate_a in_o facto_fw-la and_o full_o complete_v at_o the_o resurrection_n then_o shall_v they_o awake_v and_o sing_v that_o dwell_v in_o the_o dust_n resurrection_n isa._n 26._o 19_o this_o uphold_v job_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o his_o sorrow_n i_o know_v that_o my_o redeemer_n live_v my_o comfort_n be_v though_o i_o die_v yet_o i_o have_v one_o to_o right_v i_o that_o live_v for_o ever_o job_n 19_o 25._o david_n comfort_v himself_o with_o this_o that_o god_n will_v redeem_v he_o from_o the_o power_n of_o the_o grave_n and_o from_o the_o hand_n 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